Shakespeare-Jahrbuch 2026 : Populäre Kulturen (Shakespeare-Jahrbuch)

Karremann, Isabel (EDT)

Kröner（2026/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版
• 商品コード 9783520950079

Description

Shakespeare's status as a cultural icon is increasingly enriched by the recognition that his works shaped and were in turn shaped by early modern popular culture, just as the reception and the popularity of his plays and poems were the result of engagements, mediations and adaptations also from 'lowbrow' perspectives. Mythili Kaul's article recovers the presence of popular festivals, rites and legends in Shakespeare's work, in this case the sheep-shearing feast in act 4 of Winter's Tale. Lena Steveker shows how Shakespear's plays and figures were used in popular pamphlet plays for political propaganda purposes already during the civil wars of the mid-17th century. Balz Engler's transcript of a speech at the Shakespeare monument in Weimar - a popular highlight of the conference - builds a bridge from 19th-century bardolatry to Shakespeare's commodification in today's consumer and tourism culture. This is followed by a series of articles on the reception and adaptation of Shakespeare in various pop cultural media: pop-music (Zeno Ackermann), film (Christina Wald), interactive video games (Gina Bloom) and digital productions (Gemma Kate Allred). The concluding article by Diana E. Henderson offers a critical meditation on the current populist attacks on academic freedom and the ways in which these can be countered by using popular digital formats to make the voice of academic authority and expertise heard.